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The Ghost of RubangB said:

 

Iraq wasn't a threat to the U.S. though, unless you mean a threat to our foreign oil interests. Yeah he committed horrible crimes against humanity, but it's not America's job to protect humanity. If it was, we'd be in Darfur and the Congo instead of Iraq. (Ask Ann Coulter how she feels about that.)

There are dictators far worse than Saddam who get away with murder because they don't own the most important land mass on the planet, connecting all of the eastern hemisphere, which just also happens to be full of oil.

Also, the folks look brown in Iraq, so it's easier to trick the American people into thinking they had anything to do with 9/11. Maybe if they were Chinese terrorists on the planes, we'd have invaded Taiwan or Japan or something.

With all that said, we're already there, but I still don't agree with the "you break you buy" philosophy when it comes to war and human lives. If for some reason, the U.S. needs to keep X amount of troops abroad meddling with other countries at all times, there are places where those troops could be doing far more good, and probably even costing less money.

 

 

I don't see how you think a sadistic person who we know wanted nukes and disliked both us and our allies was no threat.  But again whether he was or wasn't a threat is moot now.

As for the oil interest, that really hasn't panned out that well for us from what I can tell. We get a small percentage of our oil from there (between 2-4% iirc) and we pay full price for it and the contracts and operation of the whole deal from Iraqi wells to American cars is under considerable scrutiny. From start to finish the "We invaded for oil" line has enjoyed little to no actual support. The best supporting argument that I know of is that supposedly Paul Wolfowitz had proposed to use the oil in Iraq to fund the war but it was either rejected or never actually suggested because we aren't doing it.

As for your belief that we attacked because they were "brown" and people would be ok with that, I have to say I find that particularly disturbing on your part if you truly believe that. I won't dignify it further.